Missouri 2025 Regular Session

Missouri House Bill HB344 Latest Draft

Bill / Engrossed Version Filed 04/07/2025

                            FIRSTREGULARSESSION
[PERFECTED]
HOUSECOMMITTEESUBSTITUTEFOR
HOUSEBILLNO.344
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
1238H.02P	JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection407.932,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto
tobaccoproducts.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section407.932,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassection407.932,toreadasfollows:
407.932.[Nothinginsections407.925to407.932shallprohibitlocalpolitical
2subdivisionsfromenactingmorestringentordinancesorrules.]1.Thestatepreemptsthe
3fieldofregulatingthesaleoftobaccoproducts,alternativenicotineproducts,andvapor
4productsincluding,butnotlimitedto,localordinancesdealingwithingredients,setting
5theagetosellorpurchaseovertwenty-oneyearsofage,licensingbans,andproduct
6bans,andtheprovisionsofsections407.924to407.934shallsupersedeanylocallaws,
7ordinances,orders,rules,orregulationsenactedbyacounty,municipality,orother
8politicalsubdivisiontoregulatethesaleoftobaccoproducts,alternativenicotine
9products,orvaporproducts.
10 2.Thissectionshallnotprohibitcounties,municipalities,orotherpolitical
11subdivisionsfromenforcingordinancesorregulationsthatsettheagetosellorpurchase
12tobaccoproducts,alternativenicotineproducts,andvaporproductstoindividuals
13undertwenty-oneyearsofage.
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EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage.